The Gallery of Natural Phenomena

The earth, the sea, the sky - and beyond

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This site will feature the history of the natural world, and accounts of historic geological, meteorological, and astronomical events. The selection of events is a personal one, although I have tried to pick ones for which information is otherwise hard to come by. The Landmarks Chronology extends to the middle of the 20th Century. I do have records of numerous events that were not considered 'remarkable' enough to be Landmarks. If you would like to know more about phenomena in a particular period of history, please contact me at christopherchatfield@gmail.com

If you would like to visit my other site, ‘Ball Lightning and Globular Light-Emitting Objects’, (created by Peter van Doorn and myself) please click here